since they used real ships
Curtiz's Artsey fartsey version would not work.


So far it only suffered for you. The Sea Wolf is well regarded, well
reviewed at the time and remains the best adaptation of the book to
this day. The reason for this is the fine cast and moody direction. No
one as ever commented in any review on the lack of reality for sailing
scenes. That's because it's not important to the plot. Curtiz'
portrait of the Ghost however unrealistic was quite successful for
movie fans.


RB
35s5
NY